Basic Vanilla Cake
countryliving.com · 2017 · 8 serving(s)
Against 126 vanilla cake recipes
Less salt than 83% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 126 vanilla cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less salt than 83% of recipes: 0.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%.
- Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 117% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 108%.
Ingredients (8)
- 1/2 c. (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for cake pan≈ 114 g
- 1 1/2 c. sifted cake flour, plus more for cake pan≈ 171 g
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder≈ 7 g
- 1/4 tsp. kosher salt≈ 1 g
- 1 c. sugar≈ 200 g
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 100 g
- 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
- 1/2 c. whole milk≈ 122 g
flour 171 gbatter 717 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 126 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Sugar117% · 70th percentile · median 108%
- Fat66% · 56th percentile · median 66%
- Egg59% · 59th percentile · median 56%
- Liquid71% · 30th percentile · median 82%
- Leavening4% · 55th percentile · median 3.9%
- Salt0.6% · 13th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 30 to 35 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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